Code of Alabama
Chapter 21 - Parental Consent to Performing Abortion Upon Minor.
Section 26-21-5 - Medical Emergencies.

This chapter shall not apply when, in the best clinical judgment of the attending physician on the facts of the case before him, a medical emergency exists that so compromises the health, safety, or well-being of the mother as to require an immediate abortion. A physician who does not comply with Sections 26-21-3 and 26-21-4 by reason of this exception shall state in the medical record of the abortion, the medical indications on which his or her judgment was based.

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Title 26 - Infants and Incompetents.

Chapter 21 - Parental Consent to Performing Abortion Upon Minor.

Section 26-21-1 - Legislative Purpose and Findings.

Section 26-21-2 - Definitions.

Section 26-21-3 - Written Consent of Parent or Guardian to Performing Abortion on Unemancipated Minor; Written Statement Where Abortion to Be Performed on Emancipated Minor; Waiver of Consent Requirement; Coercion; Forms.

Section 26-21-4 - Procedure for Waiver of Consent Requirement - Notice to Parents or Guardian Prohibited; Participation in Proceedings; Right to Counsel; Assistance in Preparing Petition; Confidentiality; Contents of Petition; Precedence of Proceedin...

Section 26-21-5 - Medical Emergencies.

Section 26-21-6 - Penalties for Violation of Chapter.

Section 26-21-6.1 - Civil Action Under Chapter.

Section 26-21-7 - Nonliability of Physician for Claims Arising Out of Disclosure of Information; Nondisclosure of Information Regarding Abortion Pursuant to Court Order; Physician Has No Duty to Secure Waiver.

Section 26-21-8 - Confidentiality of Records and Information Involving Court Proceedings; Statistical Records; Penalty for Disclosure; Reports to Bureau of Vital Statistics.